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Temp controller
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:17 am
by kjball
Those of you that are interested in building a temp controller, here you go:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008KV ... mbrefin-20
I have this one and it works well. Heat and cool settings, and it's pretty adjustable to do what you want it to. The only catch is that it is in Celsius, but Google will convert to F pretty easily. This is the same unit used in the BYO article a couple years ago. Pretty good deal with free shipping for orders over $25.
Temp controller
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:19 am
by carrisr
This is the same model that I bought. I've got 2 of them and have been running them 2+ years with no problems.
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:38 pm
by Boomer
I bought the same one a few months ago. I spent 1$ more so I could get it with Prime shipping... Did not want to wait the hole weekend to get it.
Temp controller
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:03 pm
by JimPotts
Anyone using this model for an electric kettle? If so, what probe are you using?
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:18 pm
by whitedj
These actually use negative type resistors as a 'temperature sensors' as opposed to the traditional bi-metallic [J, K, T,etc.] types.
I'm not too sure what would happen if you ever needed to replace the temperature sensor as it could be difficult to find a sensor with the same response to temperature.
Also, mine was a little off. Just make sure to check the temperature with these. There is a temp offset built into it that you can change.
Temp controller
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:32 pm
by JimPotts
Yeah, I knew they used thermistors, like all the cheap kitchen probes. Doing some googling, people appear to like these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111057221128 as probes.
Apparently, the original probe is one of these
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/KTY81%2F110,112 in a rubber jacket.
-Jim
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